Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Show me your horns

The Rainbow frequently has a Metal Monday organized by Black Widow productions. Since Decapitated are on tour, Tuesday is the new Monday and The Rainbow was filled with a sweaty metal brotherhood for a sold out show by the Polish death metal titans and their tourmates in Rings of Saturn, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Decrepit Birth. Although I'm not 100% certain the Rainbow's sound system is capable of coping with the might of metal (in fact it flickered a couple of times), I'd say a good time was had by all.

Rings of Saturn must have gotten things started very early indeed since they were heading into their last song as I walked in the door at 7:45 p.m. I can't say much else about them, except they had some exceptionally eye-popping T-shirts.

Rings of Saturn at The Rainbow
Rings of Saturn at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

They were followed by Fleshgod Apocalypse, who dressed up in grubby finery and dirty faces and garnished their thrashy sound with some symphonic samples and keyboards.

Fleshgod Apocalypse at The Rainbow
Fleshgod Apocalypse at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Definitely the most bow-tied band I've seen in a while ...

Fleshgod Apocalypse at The Rainbow
Fleshgod Apocalypse at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Decrepit Birth put on a killer show, with jocular frontman Bill Robinson entertaining the crowd with some between song repartee, despite a bit of laryngitis, and daring audience members to prove Ottawa was as brutal as Toronto by grabbing a couple of CDs from the stage. Much scuffling resulted. Check out those Matt Sotelo riffs!

Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow
Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Get those CDs!

Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow
Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Metal power!

Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow
Decrepit Birth at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Finally Decapitated destroyed the place with some monster riffs. The moshing really reached a fever pitch and I escaped from my perch near the left-stage speaker for a place upstairs.

Decapitated at The Rainbow
Decapitated at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

It was a very horny set, too.

Decapitated at The Rainbow
Decapitated at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Full props to Vogg for keeping things running.

Decapitated at The Rainbow
Decapitated at The Rainbow, Oct. 25, 2011

Only letdown of the show was that HAARP Machine couldn't make it due to some border issues.

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